Printing bar or slug.



F. F. WILSON.

PRINTING BAR OR SLUG.

APPLIOATION FILED APR. 27, 1012.

Patented Nov. 18, 1913.

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FERGUS F. WILSON, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR 'IO MERGENTHALERLINOTYPE GOMPANY, A CORPORATION OF NEW' YORK.

PRINTING BAH 0R SLUG.

Application filed April 27, 1912.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Ita'tontcdhlov. 18,1913.

Serial No. 693,602.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that 1, Frances F. lVILsoN, acitizen of the United States, and a resident of Brooklyn, county ofKings, and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvementin Printing Bars or Slugs, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to printing bars or slugs, such as linotypes,comprising a body formed with printing characters thereon.

More particularly, it refers to bars of the kind provided withoverhanging portions carrying the printing characters, which portionsnormally project over and rest upon adjoining slugs or bars.

till more specifically, it relates to such slugs or linotypes as areintended for use in the production of ruled or tabular work. Such ruledwork may be produced from linotypes or slugs in several dill'crent ways.For instance, and particularly wheretransverse lines are desired to givethe c'li'cct of tables, and the like, the slugs are frequently formedwith notches extending below the printing edge and into the bodyportion. These cuts or notches are located so as to register when theslugs are set into a form, and in the continuous channel or groove thusproduced are inserted rules, which form the desired lines. It is one ofthe purposes of my invention to dispense with the use of these rules,and to that end I propose to employ bars or slugs, one of which isformed with groups of ordinary type characters. having suitable spacesbetween them, and the other with overhanging portions formed with rulingcharacters, which portions project into the spaces between the groups ofcharacters on the other slug, and are supported thereby. The result ofthis arrangement is that a line is printed with groups of characters,between which the transverse lines appear. Such pairs of bars may becombined to any extent desired, and their transverse lines caused toregister, so that the general efi'ect of continuous transverse lineswill be secured therefrom. Obviously, such pairs of slugs, either singlyor in combination, are available and useful for many purposes, such asbase ball scores, railway time tables, various forms of advertisingmatter, and the like. To secure these results, 1 preferably form theordinary slug of the usual thickness, and the cooperating slug with amore reduced or thinner body, which construction of the latter slug isrendered possible by the fact that its main purpose is to provide theprojecting ruling (dun-actors, which are supported by the other slug inordinary use. This arrangement also permits me to obtain other necessaryor ornamental features, such for instance as the provision of acontinuous edge on the body (if the tabular slug, which will form anunbroken longitudinal line, while the ruling characters on theoverhanging portions form the transverse lines, in the manner previouslydescribed. .In order to give the overhanging portions greater rigidity,l preferably form strengthening elements thereunder, which elementsproject from the side of the slug and below the edge thereof.

In the accompanying drawing, I have shown my invention in preferred formand by way of example, but obviously many variations and modificationsmay be made therein without departing from its spirit.

Generally s ieaking, 1 desire it to be understood that I do not limit.myself to any partituilar form or en'lbodilnent, except in so far assuch limitations are specified in the claiu'is.

Referring to the drawing: Figure l illustrates a specimen of printedmatter, such as may be secured in the use of my improved slugs; liig. 2is a perspective view of the two cooperating slugs, slightly removedfrom each other; and Fig. 3 is a sectional View thereof, on an enlargedscale, taken substantially on the line 3--3 in Fig. 2.

The slug A. is provided in the usual manner with printing characters A,which characters are suitably grouped and spaced for tabular work. Theslug B is much thin nor and is formed with overhanging portions B, whichportions are so located as to fit into the spaces between the groups ofcharacters A on the slug A, it being noted that when the two slugs arein OPOIttlLiVG relation the overhanging portions B will be firmlysupported by the slug A. The slug B is preferably formed with transverseruling characters 13 located upon the overhanging portions B so thatwhen a print is taken from the combined slugs transverse vertical lineswill appear between the characters. The slug B may be formed withadditional printing characters if desired, such as the longitudinal lineB l/Vhen the pairs of slugs are assembled to constitute a printingsurface or form the print therefrom will be substantially that indicatedin Fig. 1, wherein the characters a are produced by the type A on theslug A, the transverse lines 5 by the ruling characters B on theoverhanging portions B of the slug B, and the unbroken line b by theprinting edge B on the slug B. Obviously, by causing the rulingcharacters B on the several slugs to register in the well known manner,substantially continuous vertical lines are secured.

In view of the fact that the overhanging portions B of the slug B, whenin operative printing position, are supported by the slug A. i amenabled to form an extremely reduced or thin body for the slug B, ascompared with that of the slug A. in order to strengthen and give firmsupport to the overhanging portions B of the slug B, I preferably formthe latter with a reinforcing element B below the portion B projectingfrom the side of the slug B and below its edge as shown in Fig. 3.

its already stated, I have shown my invention in preferredform and byway of example, but obviously many variations and alterations thereinwill suggest themselves to those skilled in the art and still becomprised within its scope.

Having thus described my i vention, its construction and mode ofoperation what type characters, and the other with a plurality ofoverhanging projections formed with ruling characters and extendingacross and seated upon the type-character slug.

3. A tabular printing form comprising a main type-character slug and aseparate cooperating tabular slug, the latter being formed withprojections having transverse overhanging ruling characters which extendbetween the type characters on the former.

4. A slu formed with a bod oortion and i an. overhanging printingportion, the said overhanging portion being reinforced by an elementprojecting from the side of the slug and below the edge thereof.

In testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand this twenty fourth day ofApril, 1912, in the presence of two attesting witnesses.

FERGUS- F. WILSON. -Witnesses EH. ALLEN, C. G. Jones.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents. Washington. D. C.

